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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential ... Syndrome • Food ... Syndrome #Diarrhea ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
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Constipation - Differential ... Antispasmodics, Antidepressants ... Dyssyngergia Irritable Bowel ... Neuropathy • Pseudo--obstruction ... (Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
of Enuresis - Differential ... Sleep Disorders (Obstructive ... Insipidus, Urethral Obstruction ... Non-neurogenic (Hinman Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
- Differential ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... perforate the bowel ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome #Diffuse
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Sulfonamides, Tricyclic antidepressants ... Immunological Syndromes ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... , Inflammatory bowel ... #Myocarditis #differential
Causes of Developmental Delay - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Isolated Domain Delay - Reduced Respiratory Drive:
 • Cognitive
Developmental Delay - Differential ... Delay - Airway Obstruction ... Developmental Delay: • Syndromic ... Landau-Kleffner Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... Biliary Duct Obstruction ... length • Short bowel ... syndrome • Small ... bowel resection
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Abdominal Pain - Differential ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... AbdominalPain #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds